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Oesophagus

OECONOMICAL

, OECONOMY, OEDEMATOUS, OESOPHAGUS. [See Economical, Economy, Edematous, Esophagus.]

Definition 2025

oesophagus

oesophagus

See also: opsophagos and œsophagus

English

The (o)esophagus is at the bottom right

Alternative forms

esophagus (US spelling)
œsophagus (older UK spelling)

Noun

oesophagus ‎(plural oesophagi or oesophaguses)

(anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.

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Translations

the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach

Arabic: مَرْيِئ m ‎(maryiʾ)
Egyptian Arabic: مريئ m ‎(marryiʔ)
Armenian: կերակրափող (hy) ‎(kerakrapʿoł)
Asturian: esófagu (ast) m
Bengali: অন্ননালী (bn) ‎(ônnnali)
Breton: treizher f
Bulgarian: хранопровод (bg) m ‎(hranoprovod)
Catalan: esòfag (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 食道 (zh) ‎(shídào), 食管 (zh) ‎(shíguǎn)
Czech: jícen (cs) m
Danish: spiserør (da)
Dutch: slokdarm (nl) m
Esperanto: ezofago
Finnish: ruokatorvi (fi)
French: œsophage (fr) m
Galician: esófago (gl) m
German: Ösophagus (de) m, Speiseröhre (de) f
Greek: οισοφάγος (el) m ‎(oisofágos)
Ancient Greek: οἰσοφάγος m ‎(oisophágos)
Hebrew: ושט (he) m
Hungarian: nyelőcső (hu)
Icelandic: vélinda (is) n
Ido: ezofago (io)
Irish: éasafagas m
Italian: esofago (it) m
Japanese: 食道 (ja) ‎(しょくどう, shokudō)

Korean:

South Korean : 식도 (ko) ‎(食道, shikdo)

North Korean : 밥길 (ko) ‎(babgil)
Latin: fistula cibālis f
Latvian: barības vads m
Maori: pūkai
Navajo: azágí
Norwegian: øsofag m

Bokmål: spiserør

Nynorsk: matrøyr n
Polish: przełyk (pl) m
Portuguese: esófago (pt) m (Portugal), esôfago (pt) m (Brazil)
Russian: пищево́д (ru) m ‎(piščevód)
Scottish Gaelic: slugan m, sgòrnan m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: гркљан m

Roman: grkljan (sh) m
Slovak: pažerák (sk) m
Slovene: požiralnik (sl) m
Spanish: esófago (es) m
Swedish: matstrupe (sv)
Tagalog: lalaugan
Tok Pisin: mambu bilong nek
Turkish: yemek borusu (tr), yemak
Volapük: söof
Welsh: oesoffagws m

See also

oesophagus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia